President Mahinda Rajapaksa visited MP Duminda Silva at the Sri Jayawardenapura hospital a short while ago. Several government officials also accompanied the President, sources at the hospital told The Sunday Leader. Silva is receiving treatment for the gunshot wounds he sustained during the shooting incident in which Presidential advisor Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra was killed.
The Editor and the journalists of this newspaper, The Sunday Leader, continue working under death threats. Having already murdered its former editor Lasantha Wickrematunge there are factions in this country which continue to threaten journalists working on this newspaper – unable to understand the very principles of the freedom of expression or that there are journalists [...]
Government refuses to accept the Southern Expressway Chinese Contractor asked to recarpet sections of the highway By Mandana Ismail Abeywickrema The government has faulted the Chinese contractor of the Southern Expressway for the poor carpeting of the highway and has ordered an immediate recarpeting before its opening scheduled for November 18 to coincide with President [...]
Concerns will not be limited to words says Canadian MP Canada has fired a warning shot at Sri Lanka saying it will not just sit back and wait if the government fails to address human rights concerns before the next Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting scheduled to be held in Sri Lanka. The Canadian position [...]
By Dinouk Colombage Government Minister Vasudeva Nanayakkara says some “individuals” are protecting MP Duminda Silva who is still receiving treatment in hospital following the Mulleriyawa shooting incident. Nanayakkara, who was recently summoned by the CID to give a statement on comments he had made regarding the Mulleriyawa incident, said that the efforts made by the [...]
The sharp rise in Treasury (T) Bill primary rates that began a fortnight ago continued at last week’s weekly auction as well with T Bill rates for 91, 182 and 364 day Bills rising by five, six and eight basis points (bps) to 7.29%, 7.35% and 7.44% respectively. In tandem with the increase in T [...]
By Dinouk Colombage The final report of the Lessons Learned and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) will not be made public by the Commission. A draft of the final report of the Lessons Learned and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) has been completed and is being studied, media coordinator of the LLRC Lakshman Wickramasinghe said. Wickramasinghe told The Sunday [...]
Tamils in Australia took to the streets to vent their anger towards President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Friday during the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting. The protestors held up placards and walked towards the venue of the meeting in Perth but were obstructed by the police.
Report to Parliament on November 15 By Indika Sri Aravinda The latest report of the Parliamentary Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) has listed over 200 public entities this year for corruption and malpractices. The figure is the highest listed by COPE and the report will be submitted to parliament on November 15, Chairman of COPE, [...]
NPC Elections next year By Mandana Ismail Abeywickrema EPDP Leader and Traditional Industries and Small Enterprise Development Minister Douglas Devananda says he would contest as the Chief Ministerial candidate at the Northern Provincial Council (NPC) election. Devananda said that the NPC election would be held around mid next year as pointed out by the President [...]
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